The Televerse #425- Spotlight on Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

It’s a week of long-awaited premieres, as well as a few surprises, giving us plenty to discuss on the podcast. First up, we dive in with our Week in TV. We start with the genre series, including the Watchmen premiere, a promising Batwoman, a Hong Kong-centered Arrow, and the return of Chihayafuru. Over in reality and comedy, Kate catches up with RuPaul’s Drag Race UK in time for the Snatch Game and both Noel and Kate talk The Good Place. Then we head to the spotlight section and look at the David Chang’s latest Netflix travelogue series, the four-episode Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

By |2019-10-25T20:06:09-06:00October 26th, 2019|The Televerse|0 Comments
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The Televerse #424- Spotlight on Schitt’s Creek Season 5

The fall TV season rolls on, and while there was a high profile Netflix drop this past week—the Breaking Bad follow-up movie El Camino—we won’t be talking about it this week on the podcast. Instead, we’re diving in with a Netflix release we’re far more interested in: Season five of Schitt’s Creek. Is Kate still over the moon for David and Patrick? Now that he’s caught up with the entire show, is Noel onboard the hype train, or does he still think the show’s stans should temper their praise? Before that, though, there’s a full week of TV to discuss. First we look at the genre offerings, including the Arrow premiere, the hard-reboot Charmed premiere, and The Flash. Then we move over to comedy, checking in with Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, The Good Place, and The Unicorn, and we round out the week with another lengthy Bake Off chat, looking at both “Festival Week” and the quarter-final, “Pastry Week”. Take a listen, then reach out with your thoughts on the week’s TV, Schitt’s Creek, and your picks for the best TV of the 2010s.

By |2019-10-19T16:41:45-06:00October 19th, 2019|The Televerse|1 Comment
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The Televerse #423- Spotlight on Dark Season 1

The second wave of fall premieres is here, with the return of most of The CW’s lineup, giving us even more to talk about this week on the podcast. We kick things off as always with Our Week in TV, starting with comedy and reality, including Fresh Off the Boat, black-ish, Superstore, The Good Place, and The Great British Bake Off. Then we move over to genre and drama, and dive in with the premieres of Batwoman, Supergirl, The Flash, and Black Lightning. Afterward, it’s time for the spotlight section, and this episode we explore the twisting first season of Netflix’s German genre thriller, Dark. Take a listen, then reach out with your thoughts on the week’s TV and more.

By |2019-10-12T12:48:57-06:00October 12th, 2019|The Televerse|0 Comments
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The Televerse #422- Spotlight on Undone

We survived (the first) fall premiere week, but new TV just keeps coming. We kick things off as always with Our Week in TV. First up are a few more premieres—Fresh Off the Boat, Bob’s Burgers, and SNL—then we catch up with Derry Girls and talk The Good Place and Superstore. Kate has a highly specific rant brewing about Perfect Harmony, and Noel continues his The Terror: Infamy catchup, plus there’s plenty to say about Evil and The Great British Bake Off’s controversial “Roaring ’20s Week”. Afterward, we head to the spotlight section and dive in with Amazon Prime’s introspective animated limited series, Undone. Which premiering and returning series are you sticking with? Which Netflix series should we catch up with next? And are you hoping for more Undone, or should it end at that sunrise? Take a listen for our thoughts, then reach out with your own.

By |2019-10-05T17:18:19-06:00October 5th, 2019|The Televerse|0 Comments
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The Televerse #421- Spotlight on Unbelievable

Fall network premiere week is finally here—for most of the networks at least—giving Noel and Kate lots of TV to discuss. We skip the premieres discussed in our Fall Network TV Preview to keep things manageable, but there’s still a whole lot of TV to explore. First we dive in with the week’s comedy premieres, including mixed-ish, black-ish, The Good Place, Superstore, and Mom. Then we move over to drama and genre, with Kate giving her early thoughts on Netflix’s Criminal and both Noel and Kate sharing their reactions to the Emergence and Stumptown premieres, before rounding out the week’s TV with The Great British Bake Off’s “Dairy Week.” Afterward, it’s time for the spotlight section, and this episode we highlight Netflix’s celebrated miniseries Unbelievable, breaking down the performances, its relationship to its based-on-true written predecessors, and how it handles the challenging, but important subject matter of surviving trauma.

By |2019-09-28T12:17:32-06:00September 28th, 2019|The Televerse|1 Comment
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The Televerse #386- Spotlight on Steven Universe, “Battle of Heart and Mind”

Steven Universe is back with a bang, and we have plenty of thoughts. First though, Noel and Kate talk through the week’s tv. We kick things off with reality and genre, including RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars, A Discovery of Witches season one, and Supergirl. Then we move over to comedy, including Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, the premiere of Broad City, Grace and Frankie season five, black-ish, The Good Place finale, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Afterwards, we head to the spotlight section to dive in with Steven Universe’s beautiful season finale, “Battle of Heart and Mind.”

By |2019-01-26T16:20:57-06:00January 26th, 2019|The Televerse|0 Comments
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The Televerse #385- Spotlight on Sex Education Season 1

The first wave of 2019 premieres is here, giving us plenty of TV to dive in with this week on the podcast. Noel and Kate kick things off with their week in TV, starting with the comedies, including the premiere of Schitt’s Creek, black-ish’s colorism episode, the long-awaited Hitchcock and Scully spotlight episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, the penultimate The Good Place, and a Cats-tastic Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Then we move over to genre and reality, including the premieres of The Promised Neverland, A Discovery of Witches, Star Trek: Discovery, and American Experience, season one of Carmen Sandiego, an underwhelming Top Chef: Kentucky, and a fun RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars. Then we move to the spotlight section, diving in with season one of Netflix’s Sex Education. Listen for our thoughts, then reach out with your own!

By |2019-01-19T21:16:27-06:00January 19th, 2019|The Televerse|1 Comment
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The Televerse #384- 2019 Winter TV Preview

We’re well into January, 2019, which means we’re overdue for our 2019 Winter TV preview. Fortunately, it seems this year there will be a bit more breathing room than usual. Before we dive in with our preview of the next few month’s returns and premieres, however, there’s a full week of TV to discuss. We kick things off with comedy, including the premieres of I’m Sorry and Brooklyn Nine-Nine and the return of The Good Place. Then we move on to the genre offerings, including Steven Universe and Marvel’s Runaways season two, and we round out our week with a handful of reality programs, including part five of Terrace House: Opening New Doors, Lifetime’s Surviving R. Kelly, and the dramatic “Jersey Justice” episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars.

By |2020-01-03T20:40:23-06:00January 12th, 2019|The Televerse|1 Comment
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The Televerse #382- Best of 2018 Smorgasborgy

It’s the last week of 2018, which means it’s time for our annual mega-countdown of the best and most memorable TV of the year. Noel and Kate talk through their picks for the year’s best TV performances, characters, music, writing, sequences, seasons, moments, and much more. Listen to what our picks are, then reach out with your favorites from this year, as we bid a fond farewell to the year that was, and head into 2019.

By |2019-06-06T06:39:18-06:00December 29th, 2018|The Televerse|1 Comment
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The Televerse #381- Top 20 TV Series of 2018

2018 is winding down, which means the List-ening is once again upon us. This week on the podcast, Noel and Kate talk through their top 20 TV series of 2018, looking at the very best TV of the year. From reality and anime to documentary comedy and chilling drama, there was plenty on offer, and the highlights of the year ran the gamut. Tune in for our thoughts on our favorites, then reach out with your picks.

By |2019-06-06T06:39:18-06:00December 22nd, 2018|The Televerse|1 Comment
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